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Captain George Wayne Thornbrough

Captain George Wayne Thornbrough from directly overhead

Location of George Wayne Thonbrough's B-26 Bomber Plane Crash on June 4, 1942. https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-26/40-1408.html https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42234822/george-wayne-thornbrough

What the record says

Inscription
Virtual Pilot Captain George W. Thornbrough, O-022400 73rd BS, Operations Officer (MIA / KIA) Kearny County, KS Co-Pilot 1st Lt. Norman A. Nysteen, O-407068 (MIA / KIA) Lane County, OR Navigator 2nd Lt. James L. Smart, O-430431 (MIA / KIA) Stephens, AR

How to reach it

Coordinates56.44760, -159.99156

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:4220:0420:54
June solstice05:5022:2923:35
September equinox08:2619:5120:41
December solstice10:1415:4217:04

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5300424275

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